What is Digital Storytelling?
Digital Storytelling is telling a story using digital tools both cloud-based and computer/device-based.
How can I use Digital Storytelling with my students?
Whenever you assign a writing assignment or a research project or a book report, consider having your students complete a Digital Storytelling project.
Some examples:
a comic re-enacting a scene in a novel
a presentation explaining the historical background behind a novel
a visual representation (slideshow of photos or drawings) of a concept
Digital Storytelling is telling a story using digital tools both cloud-based and computer/device-based.
How can I use Digital Storytelling with my students?
Whenever you assign a writing assignment or a research project or a book report, consider having your students complete a Digital Storytelling project.
Some examples:
Some Digital Storytelling tools:
iMovie
MovieMaker
GarageBand
VoiceThread
ToonDoo
Audioboo
Scratch
Animoto
Google Docs Presentation
....see a whole list of tools at Jerry Blumengarten's amazing site: http://cybraryman.com/digitalstory.html
Digital Storytelling resources from Richard Byrne's Free Tech for Teachers site:
11 Good Digital Storytelling Resources
Digital Storytelling with iPads
From Sylvia Rosenthal Tolisano's Langwitches blog:
1st Graders Create Their Own Read Along Audiobook
See how Aviva Dunsiger had her 1st Graders create stories in Google Docs
http://avivadunsiger.blogspot.com/2011/03/anythings-possible.html